Google wants to be able to drive the future of the web and how it is used. To do that, they need some say in how browsers are built. Even if only 1.5% of people use Chrome, they still get this. For example, Google needs users to have browsers with fast Javascript so their apps work well. By releasing Chrome, they put pressure on Firefox and IE to meet their performance benchmarks. As they add other features, other browsers must take notice.
Re:Just do what your parents did..
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Good Email For Kids?
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Ummm...
Unless the OP is really young, his parents did not have to grapple with this issue. My first child is still a baby, and when I was old enough to know what a computer was, spam was definitely still canned meat.
OP is not exhibiting paranoia--he didn't say "Oh god! Fear the internet!" He's looking for a reasonable solution to a real problem that doesn't have a long history of solutions.
As for a solution, I agree with those who say auto-delete the spam and supervise email use for a few years.
In May 2008 it was announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation turned down a request for funds because the foundation only funds Internet-based technology projects.
Researcher Proposes New Framework For Understanding Cells, Disease.
Researcher Jamey Marth, publishing recently in Nature Cell Biology, has organized 68 molecular building blocks into four categories and illustrated their roles within cells. Marth suggests that organizing these building blocks, much as chemists organize the periodic table, will "provide a conceptual framework for biology that has the potential to enhance education and research by promoting the integration of knowledge.". Roland Piquepaille and Thomas Joseph offer commentary on their blogs.
Nah, it's easy to remember how bad search was before Google. Someone has set up a very handy page to remind everyone.
I know your comment was tongue in cheek, but really, it was worse than that. Cuil isn't going to take over the world, but the results are OK and the visual layout is kind of nifty.
It's easy to forget
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how bad search really was before Google. For that matter it's easy to forget that it used to take work to find information at all. Our culture has just barely begun to come to terms with how revolutionary this change really is.
I actually thought that article was fairly interesting--it describes something I've observed before, especially with computer programmers. After writing their first Hello World program, people tend to think of themselves as sufficiently competent that they can list programming as a skill on a resume. I've fallen into that trap myself more than once, but it never occurred to me that it might be a quantifiable phenomenon.
It also never occurred to me that the comments under and Idle posting might lead to discovering something worth thinking about...
Slashdot Mirror
Great place to become a philosopher. The Thoreau of the mechanical age.
Thoreau just rolled over in his grave...
There's a firefox add on that does something similar to the new tab page. I've never used it, just happened to see it the other day.
Google wants to be able to drive the future of the web and how it is used. To do that, they need some say in how browsers are built. Even if only 1.5% of people use Chrome, they still get this. For example, Google needs users to have browsers with fast Javascript so their apps work well. By releasing Chrome, they put pressure on Firefox and IE to meet their performance benchmarks. As they add other features, other browsers must take notice.
Perhaps I'm missing it. Was there something livid about their discussion?
Maybe the discussion was lively? Maybe they discussed it longingly? Did they describe it vividly?
that RMS was just railing against the cloud on Monday?
Ummm...
Unless the OP is really young, his parents did not have to grapple with this issue. My first child is still a baby, and when I was old enough to know what a computer was, spam was definitely still canned meat.
OP is not exhibiting paranoia--he didn't say "Oh god! Fear the internet!" He's looking for a reasonable solution to a real problem that doesn't have a long history of solutions.
As for a solution, I agree with those who say auto-delete the spam and supervise email use for a few years.
dogs with shifty eyes
In May 2008 it was announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation turned down a request for funds because the foundation only funds Internet-based technology projects.
Researcher Proposes New Framework For Understanding Cells, Disease.
Researcher Jamey Marth, publishing recently in Nature Cell Biology, has organized 68 molecular building blocks into four categories and illustrated their roles within cells. Marth suggests that organizing these building blocks, much as chemists organize the periodic table, will "provide a conceptual framework for biology that has the potential to enhance education and research by promoting the integration of knowledge.". Roland Piquepaille and Thomas Joseph offer commentary on their blogs.
Nah, it's easy to remember how bad search was before Google. Someone has set up a very handy page to remind everyone.
I know your comment was tongue in cheek, but really, it was worse than that. Cuil isn't going to take over the world, but the results are OK and the visual layout is kind of nifty.
they've taken heat for their TOS
Some of that TOS stuff apparently turned out to be a mistake:
Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we'll change it
how bad search really was before Google. For that matter it's easy to forget that it used to take work to find information at all. Our culture has just barely begun to come to terms with how revolutionary this change really is.
I actually thought that article was fairly interesting--it describes something I've observed before, especially with computer programmers. After writing their first Hello World program, people tend to think of themselves as sufficiently competent that they can list programming as a skill on a resume. I've fallen into that trap myself more than once, but it never occurred to me that it might be a quantifiable phenomenon. It also never occurred to me that the comments under and Idle posting might lead to discovering something worth thinking about...
The characters /. look vaguely like an ascii art rendition of a hockey stick and puck. Maybe that's what he meant.
Just out of curiosity, why do you drop your computer so much? Of all the laptops I've ever owned, I think I've only dropped one once.